⏰ Sometimes the hardest thing we’ll ever do is allow ourselves to shine freely.
⏰ Sometimes the hardest thing we’ll ever do is allow ourselves to shine freely. Not the filtered version. Not the version we think the world wants. But the version that’s been quietly waiting inside us… the real, raw, unmistakably authentic us. ✨
Seeing ourselves through the lens of love isn’t always easy. It takes effort. It takes unlearning. It takes courage to choose compassion over criticism, and patience over perfection. Some days we forget our light. Some days we question it. And some days we dim it just to fit into places that were never built for our brightness.
But here’s the truth: in one moment, one breath, one choice, we get to decide.
We get to choose to stop hiding.
We get to choose to stop shrinking.
We get to choose our own light, even if it feels unfamiliar.
Even if it feels scary.
Even if it makes us stand out.
And that’s the magic of being human: no one can make that decision for us. Only we can say, “This is who I am, and I’m done apologizing for it.”
So shine. Not because the world tells you to. But because your soul has been waiting for permission that was never supposed to come from anyone else. Your uniqueness is not a flaw, it’s the very thing that makes your light impossible to replace.
Here’s to choosing ourselves. Here’s to shining differently. Here’s to being real in a world that tries to make everything look the same. 💛✨
Shine on my friends. Xx
Alexandra #fy #boudoir #marlow #selflove #selflovequotes
🎉 Why a Birthday Boudoir Shoot Hits Different at 40+.
🎉 Why a Birthday Boudoir Shoot Hits Different at 40+.
➡️ There’s something transformative about this age. You’ve lived enough life to know who you are. You’ve weathered storms that younger you couldn’t have imagined.
You may have carried children or carried grief, built careers or built confidence, taken risks or taken the long road.
Your body has held every version of you.
Your heart has survived more than you give yourself credit for.
So when you step in front of a camera, especially for something as vulnerable and intimate as boudoir, something profound happens.
You begin to reclaim the narrative.
Not the narrative built by beauty standards.
Not the narrative shaped by mirrors, dressing room lighting, or unkind inner voices.
Not the narrative that says youth equals beauty and everything after is decline.
I can’t tell you how many women come into my studio with the same worries:
“I’m not in shape.”
“I need to lose weight first.”
“I’m not photogenic.”
“I’m too old for this.”
“I don’t even know if I’m ‘boudoir material’.”
And then…
after a few minutes of real conversation, real connection, real coaching…
I watch them transform.
Not into someone new, but back into someone they thought they’d lost.
The woman who used to feel playful, sensual, alive. The woman who used to feel at home in her own skin. The woman who used to move with certainty instead of self-consciousness.
A boudoir shoot has a way of pulling that woman forward again.
Especially when you pair it with the celebration of a special birthday! 🎉
Because birthdays make you look back, look forward, and look inward all at once.
My camera lens becomes a mirror that finally reflects your strength, softness, resilience, and radiance instead of your doubts.
It’s a journey I’d love to help you with, seeing yourself through the lens of love!
#fyeoportraits
🦋 For bookings,DM me. Gift vouchers available from £279.
Alexandra xx
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